- "Is my grief normal?" That is one of the most common questions posed by
people who have lost a loved one. A new study by Dana-Farber researchers
has helped answer that question by affirming the commonly accepted
stages of grief — disbelief, yearning, anger, depression, and acceptance
— and the sequence in which these emotions occur.
Tags: EndOfLife
- Androgen deprivation therapy — one of the most common treatments for
prostate cancer — may increase the risk of death from heart disease in
patients over age 65, according to a new study by researchers at
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and other
institutions.
Tags: ProstateCancer
- A protein known as the "master watchman of the genome" for its ability to guard against cancer-causing DNA damage has been found to provide an entirely different level of cancer protection: By prompting the skin to tan in response to ultraviolet light from the sun, it deters the development of melanoma skin cancer, the fastest-increasing form of cancer in the world
Tags: Melanoma
- By mapping the interlocking structures of small molecules and mutated
protein "receptors" in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells,
scientists at Dana-Farber and their colleagues have energized efforts to
design molecules that mesh with these receptors, potentially
interfering with cancer cell growth and survival.
Tags: LungCancer
- A Dana-Farber study challenges the hypothesis that "cancer stem cells" —
a small number of self-renewing cells within a tumor — are responsible
for breast cancer progression and recurrence, and that wiping out these
cells alone could cure the disease.
Tags: BreastCancer, StemCellTransplant
- Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown in a laboratory
study that revving up a crucial set of muscle genes counteracts the
damage caused by a form of muscular dystrophy.
Tags: Genomics, Genetics
- In the spirit of the late Tom and Jean Yawkey's nearly half-century of
dedication to the fight against cancer, the Yawkey Foundation has
awarded $30 million, the largest gift in its history, to Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute. The gift will help underwrite construction of the
Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, a state-of-the-art outpatient facility
that is proposed to be developed on Brookline Avenue, at the heart of
Dana-Farber's campus.
Tags: YawkeyCenter
- As another baseball season begins, fans will be heading to the ballpark
to watch their favorite players hit home runs, steal bases, and argue
over what's fair and foul. Unfortunately, they will also see something
else many consider to be foul — players chewing tobacco.
Tags: OralCancer, Smoking
- An international research team, led by investigators from the
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center and Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute, has found a new way that some lung tumors become
resistant to treatment with targeted therapy drugs like Iressa and
Tarceva.
Tags: LungCancer
- A widely used diabetes drug dramatically boosted the potency of
platinum-based cancer drugs when administered together to a variety of
cancer cell lines and to mice with tumors, scientists from Dana-Farber
report.
Tags: LungCancer, OvarianCancer
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